Red poppy flowers have symbolized the sacrifices of soldiers ever since the end of World War 1. The blossom’s vibrant imagery in the wartime poem “In Flanders Field” helped make it a globally ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Leo Hecker was presented with the community service award on Saturday, June 2, from the Dacotah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Hecker was presented the ...

Columbia Falls shoppers were greeted with a familiar sight on Friday — National Poppy Day — as members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 72 were on hand at Smith's Food and Drug to distribute ...

For some, a small, inconspicuous paper construction can mean a lifetime of remembrance. In honor of Poppy Day, which always falls on the Saturday before Memorial Day, the American Legion Auxiliary ...

WARREN TWP. – Member of American Legion posts and their Ladies Auxiliaries can be seen during May holding bright red crepe paper poppies which they will happily exchange for a donation. May is the ...

Leavenworth? Every Veterans Day, American Legion poppies crop up just about everywhere. Almost everybody knows the tiny crepe-paper flowers raise money for veterans. But it’s likely few area residents ...

Photo provided The tradition of remembering those who lost their lives in military service by wearing a poppy began after World War I. Now, donations to purchase a poppy support veterans, active-duty ...

American war veterans who make the red crepe-paper poppies to sell during Memorial Day weekend say the work can be tedious, therapeutic, time-consuming, but well worth the effort. Some veterans, like ...

On a rainy spring evening, a group of women shared their tools: wooden beads, strips of crepe paper and cups of glue. Step by step, they transformed their piles of craft supplies into gorgeous paper ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. WILKES-BARRE — As Memorial Day approaches, I decided to hop into the Way Back Machine and travel back, again to the 1960s, and I ...